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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, April 18, 1968
More Work Than Play
Many coeds hopeful of gaining a position on the 1968-69 KU pom-pon squad are finding there is more work in learning routines than they had expected.
Along with the others, Miss Stewart was taught simple steps, drills and use of the hands, and jumping and kicking routines during the first practice session.
Marti Stewart, Vancouver, B.C., sophomore, was one of about 80 women who attended a pom-pon school which began Tuesday night and continued Wednesday night. Only eight women will be chosen for the squad. Four more will be chosen as alternates.
Tension marked many faces, as the coeds tried to remember to keep their feet pointed and to smile, as well as to remember the multitudinous details involved in the specific routines.
Tonight an unannounced number of women will be picked as semifinalists in the pom-pon tryouts. Over the weekend each coed will devise a routine of her own and at the first of the week each will be given a routine unfamiliar to her. April 25 the women will perform both routines and finalists then will be announced, said Dee Dee Davis, Shawnee Mission senior and head pom-pon girl.